Drinking-cup.



A. DAOUS.

DRINKING 0UP.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.7,1908.

Patented. May 11, 1909.

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AUGUSTA DAGUS, OF SAN 'ANToino,

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Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Serial No. 156,52

To all whom it may c'o'n'oem. i Be it known that I, AUGUSTA Deeps, s I citizen of the United States, residing at Antonio, in the oountv of Bexer end State-oi Texas, have invented it new and usetui Zinprovement in Drinking-Cups, of which the ollowing is a specification. I

My invent'on relates to SELlllttlTKlE'lHlilHg cups and ispeitioulenly epplicehle toaool lspsilile poeliet drinking oops, will he hereinafter shown. i

Thense of an individual drinking cup is alwafqs desirable and t peoinll'f so among school children who no. still; have to some in daily contact with other children. and

.Whoso use of n'eoinnion drinking vessel is -often the means of spreading disease. The

' inc-onvonien-. e of tern-ins; a. cup about leads .to. the use of the collapsible eups".vhiol1 can be carried in a case in'the poeket. But a. tug) comprising two or more individual ports is unsatisfeetorj since children are liable to lose parts of the casing and the cup is then exposed to the dirt of the pocket. Mort over the cups themselves are often. lost or misleid.

v An object of my invention is to provide i collapsible cup, in which the cup proper is scoured to the bottom part of an inelosing casing and the u per half of the casing, as well as the lower elf are fastened together, the fastening means in tui'n"being secured to ahook that can be attached. to the belt of the user-o1 to a. button of the waist or other portioiis of the clothing. I

My invention is illustrated in the accompanving drawings in Whio Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention showing a cup in its folded position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the cup open and the cover removed.

In carrying out my invention I make use of e. collapsible cup A; heving the tslescopio sections a, of, of and a seen in Fig. Fnstened to the lower section 0'? by means of at s' i G is :1 bottom member I). A top E is provided Whioh fits the upper ,lllll oi the section a. The top E is provided with n sep e and seemed to this staple is a. he; ring l M 1 toi' Dtllllliltlilg the chain G to he 1on1 mid At LL point ll, 1 et- 5 teen nether e'nein K which is provided with L arranged to slip over a. button to 1 cup tothe person of the user.

I, provided-With snap hoolz n. :ittecinng the chain to the button hole o1 goinient.

l he devise The conioniotlon of s. collapsible drinking cup, 2. novel-therefor, a bottom, a ehein pro vided with 1.11 end staple arranged to project through the bottom and tlu'ougl'i the lower seetion of said sup for fastening these ports the other end of said ohein being togethe; provided with a. spiral ring LOl' detscnebly fastening said chain to said cover, and s set-.-

on'd chain secured to said first-nnn1ed chain near its central part and provided. with zit-- techlng means at the free end thereof.

AUGUSTA DACUS.

' Witnesses:

GERTRUDE V. DACUSV LEON P. DAeUs. 

